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Deafblind Awareness Week [16] [17] runs at the end of June to coincide with the birthday of Helen Keller. [18] In 2021, it fell on the week of 28 June - 4 July. [19] The week aims to make dual sensory loss a more widely known condition; educating people about what it is and letting them know what to look out for in themselves and others.
RNIB Connect Radio (previously Insight Radio) is a British radio station that is part of the Royal National Institute of Blind People and was Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted listeners. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online, on 101.0 FM in the Glasgow area and on Freeview channel 730. Live shows make up ...
RNIB was first established on 16 October 1868 as the British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. [7] [8] The first meeting, which was held at 33 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London, involved founder Thomas Rhodes Armitage (a physician who was partially sighted) and Daniel Conolly, W W Fenn [a] and Dr James Gale [b] (all three of whom were blind). [8]
A hand reading wood-carved braille code, where the braille word “premier” can be read. World Braille Day is an international day on 4 January and celebrates awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and visually impaired people.
Sense is a charitable organization based in the United Kingdom. [1] The charity exists to support people who are deafblind or who have a hearing or vision impairment and another disability [2] and campaigns for the rights of disabled people in the UK. [3]
"Love Is Blind: UK" fans were left confused when Ollie said he was dating Sharlotte instead of his show partner, Demi, at the season one reunion. But, according to Ollie, he had a connection with ...
Thomas Henshaw (1731–1810), a businessman and philanthropist who founded a large and successful hatting business in Oldham, died in 1810 and bequeathed £20,000 (equivalent to roughly £1.4 million in 2017) to establish an institution of the blind in Manchester. [1]
Love Is Blind UK’s Steven Smith is looking to clear the air. Steven responded to his estranged wife Sabrina Vittoria’s claims that he invited his ex-girlfriend to their wedding, which was ...